FIX: High Critical Section Contention in MSWSTR10.dll under Stress (327964)

SYMPTOMS

You might experience slow performance or high CPU utilization, or the system may stop responding. If you attach a debugger to the process, or you load a user dump file in a debugger with correct symbol files setup, you might experience high critical section contention. The following is an example:

0:177> !locks 
CritSec MSWSTR10!g_CritSec+0 at 1B64A010 
LockCount 26 
RecursionCount 0 
OwningThread 0 
EntryCount 522d0 
ContentionCount 52373

RESOLUTION

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next MDAC 2.6/2.7 service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question. The English version of this has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Date	Time	Version	Size	File name
15-Aug-2002	08:57	2.70.9001.16	307,200	Msadce.dll
15-Aug-2002	08:57	2.70.9001.16	57,344	Msadcf.dll
15-Aug-2002	08:57	2.70.9001.16	131,072	Msadco.dll
15-Aug-2002	08:57	2.70.9001.16	53,248	Msadcs.dll
15-Aug-2002	08:57	2.70.9001.16	147,456	Msadds.dll
15-Aug-2002	08:57	2.70.9001.16	487,424	Msado15.dll
15-Aug-2002	08:57	2.70.9001.16	53,248	Msadrh15.dll
15-Aug-2002	08:57	2.70.9001.16	180,224	Msdaprst.dll
15-Aug-2002	08:57	2.70.9001.16	110,592	Msdarem.dll
15-Aug-2002	08:57	2.70.9001.16	32,768	Msdfmap.dll

FIX: High Critical Section Contention in MSWSTR10.dll under Stress (327964)

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